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    <p>To access data from a SQL Server database by using the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver, you must have the following components installed on your computer: </p>
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          Microsoft SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver<br />
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        Java Runtime Environment<br />
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  </div><h1 class="heading">Java Runtime Environment Requirements</h1><div id="sectionSection0" class="section"><content xmlns="http://ddue.schemas.microsoft.com/authoring/2003/5">
      <p xmlns="">JDBC 3.0 features require a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) of version 1.4 or later; therefore the JDBC driver also requires a JRE of version 1.4 or later. The JDBC driver is designed to work within all major virtual machines, but is officially supported on Sun JRE 1.4 or later.</p>
    </content></div><h1 class="heading">SQL Server Requirements</h1><div id="sectionSection1" class="section"><content xmlns="http://ddue.schemas.microsoft.com/authoring/2003/5">
      <p xmlns="">The JDBC driver has been designed specifically to use features introduced with SQL Server 2005, but it is also backwards-compatible with SQL Server 2000, including the 64-bit version.</p>
    </content></div><h1 class="heading">Operating System Requirements</h1><div id="sectionSection2" class="section"><content xmlns="http://ddue.schemas.microsoft.com/authoring/2003/5">
      <p xmlns="">The JDBC driver is designed to work on any operating system that supports the use of a Java Virtual Machine (JVM). However, only Sun Solaris, Red Hat Linux, and Windows 2000 or later operating systems are officially supported.</p>
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      <p xmlns="">The JDBC driver supports all SQL Server column collations. </p>
      <p xmlns="">For more information about collations, see "Working with Collations" in SQL Server Books Online.</p>
    </content></div><span id="seeAlsoSpan"><h1 class="heading">See Also</h1></span><div id="seeAlsoSection" class="section" name="collapseableSection"><a href="939a8773-2583-49a4-bf00-6b892fbe39dc.htm">Overview of the JDBC Driver</a><br /><br /></div><!--[if gte IE 5]>
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